Administration Department National Institute of Public Administration

ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT

POSITION 5: Registered Nurse (01)

JOB PURPOSE

To assist in managing and attending to health matters for staff and students at NIPA.

Reports to : Senior Nurse

Key Responsibilities:

• Identify patient care requirements by establishing a personal rapport with potential and actual patients and other persons able to understand the required care requirements.
• Obtain a complete medical history and do an initial assessment on the patients according to guidelines.
• Ongoing assessment of patients, updating the nursing care plan according to patient’s specific needs and execute medical orders within prescribed guidelines.
• Maintain patient confidence and protect operations by keeping information confidential.
• Ensure continuous updated patient care is documented.
• Establish a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to spiritual support to patients, friends, and families.
• Maintain safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations, calling for assistance from health care support personnel.
• Maintain nursing supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level; anticipating needed supplies; placing and expediting orders for supplies; verifying receipt of supplies; using equipment and supplies as needed to accomplish job results.
• Contribute to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
• Provide fundamental clinical nursing care.
• Provide detailed initial assessment of patient and accurate complete clinical history.
• Measure and record vital signs and regular observations.
• Maintain continuity among nursing teams (day vs. night shifts) by documenting and communicating actions, irregularities, and continuing needs.
• Accurate administration of patient medication and adequate record keeping.
• Protect patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols, medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations.
• Ensure ideal temperature is maintained in all clinic areas.
• Maintain safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations, calling for assistance from health care support personnel.
• Assist in the preparation and transportation of patients for diagnostic procedures and referrals
• Perform any job related tasks as be assigned by the immediate supervisor
• The job duties are flexible and subject to change dependent upon operational needs.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Full Grade 12 School certificate with five ‘O’ level credits which must include Mathematics, English and Science
• Minimum Diploma in Registered Nursing
• Minimum three (3) years Proven work experience
• Excellent Interpersonal Relationship skills
• Must have a Valid Practicing Licence
• Must be Registered with the General Nursing Council of Zambia
• A specialty in midwifery is an added advantage
• Psycho-social counselling
• Adolescent sexual reproductive skills
• Demonstrate sufficient recent clinical experience in the last 12 months.
• Good knowledge of nursing principles and techniques and their relation to medical practice, material medical, sanitation and personal hygiene.
• Basic IT skills
• Proactivity
• Honest and reliable: display of high level of integrity since he/she may be in a position to take care of patient’s personal belongings.

Location : Main Campus